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An Ode to History
Contributed by
baronhawk
on
Friday, 5th March 2004 @ 02:52:09 PM in AEST
Topic:
oops
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Upon the walls of Carthage
in manicured Persian gardens
within temples of the Greeks
on the road with Roman legions
my thoughts and imagination does seek
the pinnacle and pitfalls of ambition
the triump of empires over the meek
the rise and fall of nations
upon the tips of bloodied spears
in the clashing of swords upon bare shields
the flights of arrows and javelin hurls
the blood well-spilt upon the fields
across the counting of the years
in the writings of history's quill
spreads a vista of terror and tears
the price of power that we so wield
along the meanderings of the Nile
upon the tides of the Mediterranean
following the Indus in its guile
along the ridges of the Andean
silent ruins that marks the miles
of mankind's route to reach for reason
history's attempt and concerted try
to ascend and forge a civilized existance
in the Oracle of Delpi
within the chambers of Amun
in the annals of prophecy
hidden in sacred tombs
the secrets of divinity
a glimpse of tomorrow looms
sins of the past its progeny
the price of future's boon
upon the tounges of teachers
in the scribblings of scribes
within the lectures of elders
upon the poets' artistic stride
the songs and tales that gathers
the constant prevailing of tides
trinkling sand that measures
every hour that existance bide.
within splendours of abandoned cities
on sleeping pigments upon lost scrolls
inside the dreams of slumbering deities
tales and legends passed down from the old
timeless lessons of antiquity
whispers of truth countlessly told
pearls of wisdom trancending eternity
for all to wonder, reap and behold.
Copyright ©
baronhawk
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2004-03-05 14:52:09]
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Re: An Ode to History
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by Lionel on
Friday, 5th March 2004 @ 04:07:53 PM AEST
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You are the best poet I've read since I've been reading Your Poetry.com
thanks
Ps. Do you really live in Malasia? What is your religious belief? Wait--- I may be able to tell as I read more of your poems.-- I should be able to.--- Shame on you if I can't. |
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Re: An Ode to History
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by Kie on
Friday, 5th March 2004 @ 04:22:46 PM AEST
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| This was so intellectual, well written, and perfection. Kie |
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